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When a single tree falls in the forest ... everyone hears
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/09/2014
» "Someday I'm going to climb Phu Kradung mountain," I've been telling myself for years, but still have never made the trek. Pretty soon I'll be at an age when it may not be possible for me to make it there on foot, which is currently the only way for visitors to do it.
Street vendor culture can't be stamped out overnight
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/08/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) made a big splash when soldiers moved on to Phuket's world-class Patong Beach and moved out vendors who had turned the beautiful shoreline into a public nuisance and major eyesore.
Crisis offers rare chance to restore media's integrity
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/12/2013
» When anti-government protesters stormed television stations to demand they broadcast news and pronouncements coming out of their gathering, their actions were roundly denounced as media intimidation.
Floods are a wake-up call from mother nature
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/10/2013
» A short video clip posted on YouTube recently is poignant. In it a teenage girl in working clothes pleads for the authorities in Sukhothai to open the flood walls of the provincial airport to allow floodwater to drain from surrounding rice fields.
Two feet rout a bad dam plan, trigger reform
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 27/09/2013
» Sasin Chalermlarp, who walked 388km to protest a proposed dam project in Mae Wong National Park, has done more than just spread his anti-dam messages.
Flood plan follows footsteps of pledging fiasco
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/06/2013
» Sometimes you have to wonder what went on in the minds of the cabinet members when they made their decisions affecting the entire country.
Power blackout a black mark for the country
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/06/2013
» Ever since Pongsak Raktapongpaisal became energy minister last October, the national energy situation has drawn wide public attention _ and confusion.
Polite rejection awaits Pmove protesters
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/05/2013
» Before leaving for Bangkok, farmer Wai Pongphim, 60, told youngsters at home that his stay in the capital was likely to be a long one. Together with some 20 others from Ban Ta Mui in Ubon Ratchathani's Khong Chiam district, he was leaving to join other villagers from across the country in a rally at Government House.
Car buyer scheme is shameful waste
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/12/2012
» Given a choice between a house and a car, what do you think most Thais who had never owned either would choose? Well, a car, of course.
Illusory riches await Laos dam
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/12/2012
» Among Thailand's neighbours, Laos is the country with which Thai people feel the strongest affinity. Not only do we share a common border, but we also share a common language and culture.